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Partner With Us Financially

GRACE ADVENTURES is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and Christian ministry. That means that we are supported solely by the financial contributions of interested individuals and organizations. We greatly appreciate the vital impact of special gifts and those who become our monthly supporters. All contributions are income tax deductible. For more information or questions please call 985-502-4265. We offer a number of easy ways to give to the ministry of GRACE ADVENTURES, including:

1. Checks or money orders may be made payable to GRACE ADVENTURES and sent to 701 Rue Marseille, Mandeville, LA70471

2. Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) can be made from your bank to the GRACE ADVENTURES account for one-time gifts or monthly support. Call us at 985-502-4265 or e-mail us at MDSprague00@bellsouth.net to receive the Automatic Transfer Authorization form.

3. Bill Pay is an easy method to give monthly support gifts. Inquire from your bank how to set up Bill Pay.

4. Stock and non-cash giving can greatly assist in fulfilling the Great Commission. Call us at 985-502-4265 or e-mail us at MDSprague00@bellsouth.net to receive the instruction sheet on how to transfer stocks, bonds, and/or mutual funds to Grace Adventures. Non-cash giving may eliminate capital gain taxes, increase charitable deductions, lower estate taxes and enable you to make a greater impact for the gospel. Wills, IRA gifts, living trusts also resourceKingdom work.

5. PAYPAL is an easy method to give on the spot. You can click on the DONATE button on the Grace Adventures website and follow the directions. This method allows for giving through the use of most major credit cards. You will find the DONATE button half-way down the HOME PAGE on the right hand side.

Support Raising Guidelines:

1. God owns it all, including GRACE ADVENTURES.

2. Through fervent prayer and in the Spirit of Christ, we will go to God’s people to share with them the vision of God’s ministry and ask them to join us as stewards of God’s resources. The result is God’s part. God prompts the heart of those He wants to respond.

3. We will place people and their growth before money and things.

4. No matter how serious the need, our desire is to be above reproach; therefore, we will refrain from questionable, manipulative, disrespectful, or dishonorable methods of support raising.

5. We will seek to raise only the resources we deem essential for the efficient, successful advancement of the mission.

6. We will never sell, rent, or give our mailing list to those wishing to use the names and addresses of our supporters.

7. The ministry functions under a board for accountability and input regarding ministry direction and finances.

Giving is a Partnership

Ministry is built upon the supportive legs of proclaimers, providers and prayers. Without any of these legs, ministry cannot be sustained.

You are a full partner in the work. God considers those who contribute financially to ministry to have a share in that ministry! Consider, for example, 3 John 1:8:

“Therefore, we ought to support such people, so that we may become co-workers with the truth.”

Echoing the same theme, Paul says the Philippians are sharing in the gospel (Philippians 1:5).

This is why we talk about building a support team rather than raising funds. The emphasis is on the relationships and not on the money. Even more significantly however, it forces us to remember that those who decide to aid us financially are, in actuality, joining us in our ministry. They become co-workers with us.

Dr. Michael Sprague is the Louisiana State Chaplain with the Capitol Commission and President of Grace Adventures, which reaches out to political, business and spiritual leaders in the New Orleans/Baton Rouge region and beyond(www.graceadventures.info or michael.sprague@capitolcom.org). The ministry is Scripture-based, Jesus-centered and Grace-motivated. Michael is engaged in relational outreach and discipleship, teaching, coaching, writing and speaking. His non-profit helps leaders think through the "Big Questions" of life and thrive as a whole person; spiritually, relationally, physically and emotionally. Michael wants leaders to not only win at politics or career but at life. He often serves as a "non-political" friend to people in the halls of power.

Michael spends lots of time at the Capitol in Baton Rouge, Louisiana working with Legislators, lobbyists, administration and Capitol staff in a non-political, non-partisan pastoral/chaplain role. The focus is not to lobby for legislation(as important as that is) but to help leaders with their faith. Days are filled with Bible studies, prayer, listening, caring appointments and many surprises. Michael loves to help people know the Jesus of the Scriptures.

Michael holds a Business degree from the University of Maryland, a Master of Divinity degree from Capital Bible Seminary (Lanham, Maryland) and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Dallas Theological Seminary.

Michael served as Senior Pastor of Trinity Church in Covington, Louisiana for 11 years, and formerly served for 15 years at Forcey Memorial Church in Silver Spring, Maryland. In addition, he helped launch the Touch Global Crisis Response Ministry for the Evangelical Free Churches of America that is now multiplying churches and compassion ministry in the aftermath of many natural disasters around the world. Michael believes God does His best work in the midst of crisis. He has a shepherd’s heart, calls for a volunteer revolution and believes life is too short to play it safe. His desire is to see people become fully devoted to Jesus.

Michael’s entire life is shaped by what Jesus has and continues to do in and through him. He is the perfect profile for the kind of person God says He uses - 1 Corinthians 1:27, “God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.” He does life with his wonderful wife and partner Donna. They have one son, Jonathan who is married to Patricia. Donna and Michael reside in Mandeville, LA. In his spare time, he enjoys playing basketball, reading and traveling. His motto is “Bet the Farm on God.”

If you love Jesus, the Sprague’s consider you a friend. If you don’t know Jesus yet, they would love to be your friend as well. They mean to serve anyway they can.

Michael has written a book entitled, DISASTER: Betting the Farm on God in Life's Storms was released in August 2011. (For more information, click on the trailer at the upper right of the Grace Adventures homepage.) His other book, Stories from Katrinaland, chronicles many of the stories of God’s miraculous provision in the midst of the greatest natural disaster in the history of the United States.